Here's how I setup my wireless on Debian.
Firstly, create a script in /usr/local/bin called
wireless-mapping or something similar. Make sure the
dialog package is installed.
#!/bin/bash
if [ -f /etc/default/wireless ] ; then
. /etc/default/wireless
else
echo Please setup /etc/default/wireless
fi
for profile in $WIRELESS_PROFILES
do
LOCATION_NAME=$profile\_NAME
LOCATION_DESCR=$profile\_DESCR
DIALOG_ARGS="$DIALOG_ARGS \"${!LOCATION_NAME}\" \"${!LOCATION_DESCR}\""
done
LOCATION=`eval dialog --stdout --menu \"Select your wireless location\" 10 50 5 $DIALOG_ARGS`
echo eth2-$LOCATION
Then create a file /etc/default/wireless where you put
descriptions of your wireless networks. Put each of your networks in
WIRELESS_PROFILES and then setup a name and a
description, like below.
#WIRELESS OPTIONS WIRELESS_PROFILES="home keg nicta" home_NAME="home" home_DESCR="At home" keg_NAME="keg" keg_DESCR="keg private" nicta_NAME="nicta" nicta_DESCR="nicta (hack)"
Finally, you need to make the mapping in
/etc/network/interfaces for each network. It should look
something like this.
mapping eth2
script /usr/local/bin/wireless-mapping
iface eth2-keg inet dhcp
wireless-essid keg
wireless-key [key]
iface eth2-home inet dhcp
wireless-essid wienand
wireless-key [key]
iface eth2-nicta inet dhcp
wireless-essid nicta_wireless
Notice how the mapping for your ethernet card is the script, and
then you have a bunch of interfaces defined as
interface-name, where name is the name you chose in the
/etc/defaults/wireless script.
All going well, next time you ifup eth2 you should see
something like this
posted at: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 15:25 | in /linux/tips | permalink | add comment (0 others)
